. we begin today with the annual north fair oaks festival right around the corner here in redwood city with me on "comunidad del valle" the festival director, katherine matseeo. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> this is a big event and we have video from your website that you were able to share with us. this says it all. this is a family friendly event, but you're talking about giving

access to some of the services out there in the community to your constituents? >> absolutely. at this festival it's a fun day with parade and stages and music and fun events but there are 100 booth exhibiters and many are community agencies or government agencies who are trying hard to reach a difficult to reach constituency. it would be about health care, maybe about how to conserve water, thou prepare for disasters. so it's very informational but also fun. >> but -- and it's a big event. this is the event of the year? >> this is the signature event in the fair oaks community. we expect about 20,000 people. depends on who is counting but we figure conservatively about 20,000, completely free. >> talk about your constituency in redwood city because that's the target when talking about this festival and it's a festival but again you're trying to educate and inform at the same it time. >> right. so this festival is sponsored by the sheriff's office of san

mateo county. it's unique of a government agency sponsoring a community festival of this scale. it's a fund-raiser for sheriff youth's program. throughout san mateo county we have a lot of kids, largely premierely spanish speaking, all the way from elementary to high school who need afterschool programs, whether it's athletics or leadership or performing arts so this festival helps raise those resources. along the way we try to revital the community. the fair oaks community is a unincorporated city. population has it about 15,000 people that represents about 5,000 households, about 87% is spanish speaking. >> are there any special needs in that community and is that why we have some of this outreach? >> right. so the sheriff's office is often the first point of contact that these residents have with local government agencies and in a proactive, progressive way our sheriff decided that the best

way to reach these people in culture was in a family-friendly way. we don't serve alcohol at this event. sorry. you're not going to get your beer. but to provide information, services in a safe, family-friendly way. >> on your website i saw you've given out in the time of your existence over $100,000 in scholarships. >> yes. so we have also have a queen of the festival and turned night a scholarship program. although girls compete what they get is scholarships an the top is $10,000. that is the biggest in the bay area. they work for it. it's a competition. we're proud in our eighth year we will have given away $123,000 in university scholarships. >> that's the bottom line of your festival. >> those girls over the last eight years have raised over $200,000 for the community. it's really impressive.

the festival overall has raised well in excess of $500,000. the money we raise goes right back into community. >> and you brought a goodie bag with some things you will be able to sees at the festival. >> these are gifts for you, damen. >> wow. >> but we give away shopping bags, reusable shopping bags, that's the law in san mateo county. we have a 56-page program about the festival. it has information not just about the festival but the sheriff's programs. here's your little bay area bear. >> can't do without the bear. >> and other goodies for you. >> thank you so much. the north fair oaks festival annual tradition in redwood city. any final thoughts before i let you go? >> i hope you come out. it's sunday, august 17. it is completely free, completely family friendly. come early at 11:00 for the parade. >> thank you so much for the efforts in redwood city. up next on "comunidad del valle" a medical center for children and women hopefully over at vmc. stay with us.

there is an effort under way to bring a women and children's medical center. with me is chris wilder of the vmc foundation. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> we were talking off camera it's kind of -- it's a satsd sty to say we don't have one of these facilities. oakland children's hospital but don't have anything similar in the south bay. >> san jose is the largest city in the nation that doesn't have its own children's hospital or women and children's hospital. that's the effort is to change that and to bring one to san jose, something our patient population certainly deserves. >> you're still providing great pediatric care at vmc and what not, but tell us why something like this would be needed? >> well, a children's hospital and women and children's hospital if you've ever been to one you know. when you walk in, it's inviting, it's warm. the building reflects the kind of care that goes on there, and, of course, children are not just large -- small adults. it's really a different kind of care that gets provided.

not only will the environment be more conducive to the patient experience, that's really what we want is to provide a better patient experience for women and children, but also it helps attract the top talent in the country. we already have phenomenal pediatricians, neonatal doctors, marvelous nurses but we want to make sure that in this new era of health care with obama care we are able to compete and retain the patients we have. the best way is to provide the best care and best facility possible. that's what this effort is really about. >> the building is there, we just got to populate it. >> not only is the building there but most of the building already provides women and children's care. one of the big changes happening is we're going to be moving the fourth floor adult medicine all out into the new sobrato pavilion under construction now and adding a post-partum suite so every mother who delivers a child will have a large, private room, with plenty of room for their family to come and enjoy the new baby. something we currently don't have at vmc and that's coming.

>> that's a big challenge, it's not cheap. >> well, it's not cheap which is why we're turning to the community to help. our goal is to raise $25 million for the transformation of the building. the difference, if you've ever been to a children's hospital you walk in and can see the kids when they first walk in the door, they look around and go wow. and we partnered up with silicon valley creates run by connie martinez. she used to head the children's discovery museum. when i spoke about this plan, i said when we're done with this building at vmc you should walk in and feel like you've walked into the children's discovery museum. she said sign me up. let's do this. >> is this the same services, same personnel or expanding and adding more personnel. >> there will be expansion. a lot we won't do because there's no need to compete with the excellent medical care that lucille pack card children's hospital provides. but vmc provides a lot of the very excellent day-to-day pediatric care. we provide the only pediatric intensive care in the city of

san jose. so those services will continue. there will be some things we add, but we're really relying on the community to recognize that we're going to be the place to go, a, if you're looking to start a family, or b, if your children needs the kind of care that we can provide. we do pediatric brain injury and spinal cord injury, rehabilitation, we do pediatric burn care, and a lot of services you can't get in any other hospital. people don't know it, which is why another thing we want is to advertise and promote the services we have, people need a choice and we want them to choose valley medical center because if you look at the stats, you won't find better care anywhere. the building needs to reflect that. >> is this a way to specialize that trade or is it specialized already, just needs -- >> that's it. we're very specialized now, but what we don't do are things that the lucille packard children's hospital is famous for. pediatric oncology, we have a great relationship with stanford and packard and send the kids

there. if they have a child with a brain injury or spinal cord injury who needs reha billtation they will send them to us. it's a collaboration, not a competition. we want to make sure families that live nearby know if they come to valley medical center they will get the finest care. >> i've been to those children's facility, i do not like going into them because you see your own child's face in the face of the patients there and you consider how lucky you are maybe your child isn't there but you feel for those who are. >> i felt that when i first came to valley medical center and our ceo who toured me around, convinced me that yeah, at times it's very emotional but a very inspiring place when you see the quality of care and you see the smiles on kids, talk to any immediate pediatrician they would rather take care of kids because kids don't campaign so much. >> good point. if you would like more information, the web address for the vmc foundation. log on and find out how you can

help out, make this a reality for a new wing for children and women's care. thank you for the work you're doing. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. up next on "comunidad del valle," celebrating american indian heritage. stay with us.

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. the american indian heritage celebration is right around the corner. with me on "comunidad del valle" are vernon and louise. thank you so much for being with us here on the show. first of all, tell us who you belong to and who your nation is and your association. >> well, let me give you a gift before i start. >> yes. >> i have some sage and ab bologna shell from monterey as well as some mug wart seeds for you to let dry and grow. mug wart is used by our people. >> i let them dry and then just replant them. >> replant them. >> good. thank you very much. >> go ahead. >> introducing myself, i would be in our language nichemap.

[ speaking foreign language ] greater monterey bay area. my name is louise. i am the tribal chairwoman of the nation. and the mother of greenstar. and we are the people of the greater monterey county. >> i'm deficient in your language. otherwise it sounded very beautiful. vernon. go ahead. >> i'm internal mountain chippewa. i work at the health center at santa clara valley. >> you come here every year. it's a highlight for us. tell us, i mean this is a big celebration, annual celebration. >> it is definitely. american india yan culture and heritage is rich. we're starting with a traditional big time, california, style dance celebration and go into aztec dancing and a pow wow. we're celebrating all cultures. there's many more out there, but these are the primarily the ones

that are very fascinating and people like the most. >> that's good. how rich is the population, the indian-american population here in the area? >> i think the california is where more native americans live than anywhere else because they had a lot of programs with relocation from midwest indians and into california and then the california indians were in hiding for a long time because of threats and now they're coming out and sharing their culture is what one of the things that we do and that's why like vernon mentioned, the big time that will be california dancers and in -- we try to bring back our language and we give people who come to our event a little bit of information about how we've existed, where we're from, our language, our culture, because

they don't get taught that in school anymore. everybody thinks that california indians don't exist and so our goal and being involved altogether is to share all of our cultures. >> why -- talk about the importance of that, vernon. the fact that your children and their children should know where they came from and what it means to them. >> well, you know, as first peoples of this continent it's important. this is our land. we didn't migrate from anywhere when people say go back home, i am home, this is it. so keeping the traditions alive, keeping the language alive is very important. and you asked earlier about what is the rich tradition here? currently in santa clara county we have 12,000 american indians per the u.s. census and then 24,000 american indians who are mixed with another ethnicity. so it's very important to keep those traditions alive and the language and, you know, especially living in the bay area we have a lot of mixture of

folks, but, you know, nonetheless they're still american indian and have blood in them. >> why should non-native americans attend this festival? >> non-native americans should attend to come and learn about us, to know that we exist, to know that we're still here, we're still teaching, that we've survived and we're vital to this community that i think as more people knew their culture and understand their culture, that there would be less gangs, less problems if we teach our young early into our culture, that they participate in our events and stay away from -- >> that's very interesting. i learned something, one time i showed up with a news camera and i was politely told to turn it off during one of the ceremonies. something to learn. it's the american indian heritage festival coming to the

santa clara fair grounds. any final thoughts before we let you go. >> it's going to be a great event, free for everybody, a raffle that day, american indian tp. something for everybody, young adult, elders. it's going to be a great event. we want to invite everybody to come out. >> thank you all so much for coming and enlightening us. >> thank you very much for having us. >> up next on "comunidad del valle," speaking of peace, trying to bring the peace to the streets of san jose. stay with us. .

he's trying to bring peace to the streets of san jose again. we're joined here on "comunidad del valle" by pastor daniel with firehouse interventions. let me show you video. i'm doing this too often, going out to crime scenes always looking for a suspect. sometimes it's a gang-related shooting stabbing or violence. what can you tell me about the temperature. what's happening on the streets?

>> right now it's hot. it's hot. everyone needs to get involved. the community needs to get involved, probation needs to get involved. i mean crimes are not committed when there's a lot of witnesses. people need to come out of their houses, they need to not lock their children in the house, take back your streets and how do you do that? come out of your house. when school is out, you're out in front of your house waiting for your children to come. most criminals will not commit a crime where there's a lot of witnesses. >> is it something that -- how proactive do we need to be to stop this? talking about probation getting involved. are they getting involved as much as they should? >> they are, but everyone can do a little bit more. i mean yeah, there is a shortage of police, but everyone can do a little bit more. it's called improvising. you have to impro vice. we're the underdog. we have to take more territory. i tell you one thing that really works is the canines, the dogs, ain't no joke. they're like cops. >> i've seen them in action and usually the guy on the other end

ends up on the gurney on the way to the us. >> your role with firehouse interventions. >> i work on the street and street outreach. i reach out to young adults and try to benefit them in always and get them about back into schools, help them out with more education on more job offers, give them an opportunity to where they don't have to be out there in the streets where they can build themselves as a person and for the community and also be a better asset. >> a lot of critics blame the home, you know, where are their parents, who's guiding them and what not. how much of a role is that parental involvement and how much is the influence by other teenagers or what not, what role do parents play in stopping what's going on? >> the parents play a big role. without the love and support for young adults, they get the opportunity to just leave home, you know, find a different aspect of how to get parental guidance on the streets than

being at home. >> why did you get involved? >> i got involved with the simple sharks game. he invited me and i found a way how to stay more positive and, you know, with -- ever since i got connected with sunny, i went back to school, graduated, built my family, i'm trying give back. >> were you going in the wrong way? >> i was. >> and same thing, was it family issues or just a whole -- >> family issues, just took advantage went to the streets and found myself in a lot of bad places and now i'm going back and, you know, trying to give back and walking forward with everybody else. >> daniel is a success story. how easy or hard is it to talk sense into the kids right now? >> what we do, damian, we take them to like san francisco giants games, places they never went, look around, all taking pictures, that's just the beginning. we take them to alcatraz, monterey bay, i take them to eat. they don't eat until we pray. i teach them that. faith based also and letting them know and just showing them another way.

i never use profanity to these guys and show them another way. >> how hard is that? >> you know, that's disrespectful. i grew up and you cussed to me, i went commercial on you. you ain't talking to me like that. when they're young that's how they feel like. talk to them like a person. let them know you care. there is a way out. been there, done that. i did time in six different prisons. i got shot by the time i was 18. east side all my life. >> they're not going to fool you when they come from excuses. >> old school, new school and school to come baby. >> so you're having a big event and hoping over at -- >> andrea high school football stadium which we -- we have an office at andrea, so we impact maybe about a thousand young people kid you not, and they're asking for firehouse to come in. i bring daniel, i bring all the guys that we helped turn around that lived in them same streets. we gave them an opportunity. hiring them at 20 bucks an hour.

right off the street. right off the get. and letting them know daniel went back and got his diploma. another guy, he got his diploma. told them, education is going to determine your lifestyle. where you live, how you live and how you're going to provide for your family. you're right, your mom and dad is not there, but it don't give you a right to throw your life away. >> who should be at your event on the 29th and 30th. >> we have a guest speaker named mario, very well known. it's actually his special treat to have this guy come and he believes in transformation. we believe in once we get these guys like daniel said, giving back to the community, letting them know. firehouse f you don't have a fire, we'll put one in you. if your fire is wild we'll help adjust it. >> you're going into one of the -- what the police calls one of the hot spots. >> yep. >> vital to go to those areas where it's happening. >> that's right. you need to go. you can't change it from the outside. you got to get off your car, roll up your sleeves, shake a

couple hands. it's funny they asked me, we don't understand you, pastor. what's that? he said, even when we do wrong you still shake our hand. i'm not mad at you but i have to correct you or else it stays that way and let you know. it's not what you say, how you say it. >> daniel, there's a lot of maybe some family members of some teenagers who might be going in the wrong direction. what's -- what can you tell them to guide them and make sure they steer in the other direction? >> pretty much, you know, how would -- how do you want them to look up to you. setting the perfect example, trying to become a better person, that way they can follow the footsteps and become better than they were before. >> what are they telling you in the streets? what's the word on the streets? what are some of these teenagers, i'm assuming all teenagers, what are they telling you about what's happening out there. >> right now everybody is real cautious. with all the hot spots going on with, you know, with all the homicides that's occurring, everybody is real cautious about what they do, where they go and what they wear and, you know,

anything that doesn't put them in danger. >> is it working, pastor? you and i have been talking 15 some odd years about the same thing. you can't eliminate it completely but you take one step at a time? >> i have over 30 graduates from san jose state university. i have two recent graduates out of santa clara university. one out of stanford university. that grew up out of the east side with a single parent wanted to do something with their life. you can't change it from protesting. you want to change it, get an education, become somebody, become a voice and people will hear you. no one is going to follow a loser. >> it's a peace rally if you will, among other things, that's happening over at the andrea hill high school -- andrew hill high school stadium. we'll call it a peace summit community outreach. any final thoughts? >> come join us. mom, dad, sick and tired of weight happening at home, you young men and women looking for another way, we're connecting with a lot of job opportunities.

they're many good jobs. we've given a lot of young men their lives back by taking the gang related tattoos off their faith, hands, doing it out of ignorance. no kid goes home, hey, mom and dad, i'm going to put on this tattoo. they come home with it. >> you'll have security there. >> they are a security team. i have my own security. all guys that come out. how we meet and greet everyone with a handshake, what's up, what's happening, how can we help you? >> thank you for the work you're doing in this community. >> here's what's happening in your "comunidad del valle" quepassa.

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